#FranceFriday: Bienvenue au Mont St. Michel

Tucked away in Normandy in northwest France is Mont St. Michel, the Saint-Michel monastery. Connected to the mainland via a modernized land bridge, the island on which the monastery sits is just a bit detached from the rest of society and perhaps one could say, one step closed to heaven?

Shrug. To each his own.

I see this as a natural progression and development of nature during the passing of via.

"It was at the request of the Archangel Michel « chief of the celestial militia » that Aubert, Bishop of Avranches built and consecrated a small church on the 16th October 709. In 966 a community of Benedictines settled on the rock at the request of the Duke of Normandy and the pre-Romanesque church was built before the year one thousand."- via linked visitor's site

I definitely recommend that you visit this stronghold in Breton culture, an important piece of French history.

Le Mont St Michel located in France's Normandy region.